Missteps to Success

Grace Macjones is a Nigerian -American technologist, mentor, podcaster, and Azure Customer Engineer.She is a STEM + inclusion advocate for women of color and underrepresented groups. She is passionate about democratizing technology through mentoring students, speaking at tech events, and volunteering with tech organizations such as Black Girls Code, Women Who Code, ChickTech, and DigiGirlz. Grace has been a mentor at Year Up, Husky Tech, and The Master of Science in Information Systems program at the University of Washington Foster School of Business. Grace is also the host of the Tech Unlocked podcast which aims to demystify and diversity the tech industry by giving people of color the keys they need to unlock their successful tech career.During this episode, we take a look behind the 'LinkedIn curtain' and discuss the mental strength and courage that powers a path less travelled.

Sam is the Director of Product at ART19, a podcast technology company. He lives in Oakland, CA with his wife, son, and dog. He loves listening to podcasts, riding motorcycles, occasionally recording hip hop music, and frequently making Dad jokes.During this episode, we discuss what failure looks like in the realm of product management as well as dealing with regret. Check out this article, referred to on the show: https://medium.com/all-things-product-management/product-manager-you-are-664d83ee702eLogo Design: Akhil PatelMusic: SOTU by Joseph XVI (@musicby.josephxvi)

MJ is an ethical hacker, a web developer, and soon to be a father. He's lived inBrooklyn, NY Minneapolis, Minnesota Los Angeles, California Nagoya, Japan.He credits mindfulness and stoicism for helping him battle depression and learning to be comfortable in his own skin.You can find him on igobymj.com where he writes about tech, health, finance, stoicism, and travel.On this episode we discuss how failure has shown up in our lives and led us to believe we never felt that we were good enough and explore meditation and stoicism.Logo Design: Akhil Patel (@akillin_it)Music: SOTU by Joseph XVI (@musicby.josephxvi)